The 1960 Boston State College Baseball team went 14-4 and won
the New England Teachers College Conference Championship as well as
the NAIA District 32 New England Region title to become the first
championship team in school history. Coached by UMass Boston/Boston
State College Hall of Famer James P. "Gus" Sullivan, the Warriors
began the season with a 10-1 record and went on to defeat defending
champion Plymouth State College, 3-0, in Plymouth, NH to take the
conference crown. Victories over Stonehill College, Central
Connecticut State and a 17-6 rout over Southern Connecticut State
propelled Boston State into the NAIA National Tournament, before
falling to Indiana State Teachers College of Pennsylvania.
Outfielder Paul Hughes led the Warriors with a team-high .380
batting average and was later offered bonuses by three major league
teams to leave school early. Captain first baseman Joe Bage hit
.330, while smacking 20 singles and scoring 20 runs in 18 games,
while outfielder Leo McSweeney batted .329 and third baseman Jim
Walsh registered a .306 batting mark. Bob Gianusso anchored the
pitching staff with a 6-1 record as part of the "Big Three" with
Harry Vigdor, who finished with a 4-1 record and Jack Cloherty, who
owned a 4-2 mark. Members of the team included Sullivan, assistant
coach Bob Currier, Larry Aiello, Bage, Tom Boussy, Cloherty, Joe
Colannino, Jim Collins, John Conley, Gianusso, Hughes, Lou
Jennings, Harold "Red" Martell, Leo McSweeney, Les Smith, Vigdor,
Walsh, Paul White and Paul Winter.